Seal-lock.



Patented sept. n, |900. G. W. LEWIS.

SEAL LOCK.

(Application filed Doc. 5, 1899.)

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(No Model.)

'YNITED STATESr PATENT FFICE.

GEORGE W. LEWIS, OF PORTSMOUTH, vIRGINIA, A'SSIGNOR OE TWO-THIRDS To W. R. ROBINSON AND s. M. LEWIS, OE SAME PLACE.

SEAL-LOCK.

sPEOIFIoA'rION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,742, dared September 11, ieoo.

Application filed December 5, 1899. Seal NO- 7391279 (N model-l To all whom t may concern: face of the fixed member or base, as shown in Beit known that I, GEORGE-WV. LEWIS, a Fig. 2, this exterior surface of the fixed mem- 55 citizen of the United States, residing at Portsber forming a seat for the movable member, inouth, in the county of Norfolk and State of and the swinging movement of said movable Virginia, haveinvented a new and useful Carmember is limited, when it reaches its opera- Door Lock and Seal, of which the following tive position, by means of ast-op-ear 10, which is a specification. is provided in its upper edge with a notch 11 6o My invention relates to car-door seal-locks, to receive a lateral lug or projection 12 on the and particularly to a device of simple con-y movable member. This lug when in engage- Io struction adapted for securing the hasp of a ment with the notch of said stop-ear procar-door in such a manner as to prevent the vents outward or forward deflection of the release thereof except by breaking a seal of movable member, due to an outward strain 65 peculiar construction, which is adapted to be applied to the hasp through the door or othapplied to the lock with which itis used Witherwise, and thus relieves the pivot-bolt of I5 out recourse to a sealing-iron or without nesaid movable member of a portion of the cessitating the employment of tools in its apstrain due to outward pressure of the hasp. plication, the said lock being for purposes of The Stop-ear is preferably extended forwardly 7o simplicity and cheapness of manufacture conand perforated to form a shackle or seal-eye structed of the minimum number of parts. 13, and the front side of the movable mem- 2o Further objects and 'advantages of this inber is provided with a corresponding eye 14, vention will appear in the following descripwhich is arranged in contact with the eye 13 tion, and the novel features thereof will be when the movable member is in its normal 75 particularly pointed out in the appended or operative position, whereby the registering claims. eyes may be engaged by the shackle of a pad- In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective lock (indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1) or by view of a lock constructed in accordance with a seal of the ordinary construction. (Not my invention applied in the operative posishown.) The movable member terminates 8o tion to a car-door. Fig. 2 is a vertical cenat its lower free end in a finger-hold 15, which tral section of the lock with the seal arranged is adapted to be grasped to displace said mov- 3o in operative position therein. Fig. 3 is a deable member to release the hasp preparatory tail view in perspective of the fixed member to opening the door. i or base-plate of the lock. Fig. 4 is a similar The lower end of the fixed member of the 85 view of the movable member or securinglock is provided witha forwardly-projecting block of the lock partly broken away. Fig. enlargement 16, forming at its upper end a 5 is a detail view of the seal detached. shoulder 17, in contact with which the lower Similar numerals of reference indicate corend of the body portion of the movable memresponding parts in all the figures of the drawber is arranged when the parts are in their 9o ings. normal positions, the body portion of the Inov- The seal-lock embodying my invention comable mem ber being hollow, with the cavity 18 y. 4o prises a xed member or base-plate 1, which therein forming a seal-seat. This seal-scat t is adapted to be secured, by means of bolts is of a width equal to the laterally-enlarged 2, to the jamb or frame of a car-door opening, portion or head 19 of a seal 20, the body por- 95 and a movable member or securing-block 3, tion of Said seal consisting of a shank or which is pivotally mounted upon said fixed tongue equal in thickness with the head and member by means of a pivot-bolt 4. The preferably having parallel lateral edges. fixed member is provided with a transverse Furthermore, the enlargement 16 at the lower hasp-seat 5 for the reception of the reduced end of the fixed member is provided with a Ioo portion 6 of a swinging hasp 7, adapted to be seal-seat lextension equal in width with the mounted upon a car-door, of which a portion tongue or shank of the seal and with which is shown at 8, by means of a staple 9. The said main seal-seat registers when the movdepth of the hasp-seat is sufficient to receive able member of the lock is in its normal po the hasp and allow the exterior surface of the sition, whereby when the head of a seal is latter to'be flush with the corresponding surlocated in the main Seal-seat said tongue or lseal-seat extension is open at the lowerend of the enlargement to allow the .extremity voit' the seal tongue or shank to protrude, as shown in Fig. l.

The main seal-seat or seal-head seatrisof such a construction as to allow the seal to be int roducedthrough its upper endthe tongue,v or shank being inserted first, but is also adapt; ed to prevent the removal of the seal thro u'gh the same opening. The seal-head seat is pro-v vided in its front wall with a channel 21,ap.

.proximately equal in width-'with'these-al tongue or shank, the same bei'ngreducedin depth toward its upper end to bri-.ngvtheiiioor of the channel flushrwith theseall#head.seat ata point contiguous toa shoulder22 near the upper end of the cavity in the*l movable member, and in this shoulder 'contiguous to the rear wall of the cavity is formedfnaninleti slit 23 of sufficient width to allowthe.l headof the seal to pass as the'seal is introd-ucedinto Fu rthermore, y projecting Y for-L wardly from the rear wall ofthe cavityfinzther movable member is a guard-shoulder or proi jection 24:, `arranged below theplane-of said' inlet-slit, wherebyafter` the introductienofal seal if the latter is drawn downwardly asufi cient distance to arrange the-.upperf-edge'of the seal-head below the lplane ofesaid.guard-'3` shoulder. the guard-shoulder?is'fin-the pathof 'any attempted upward,l movement ofthe seal and by extending forwardlybeyond-the inlet-' slit-prevents the head of theseal'y from reaching said inlet-slit. Thusafter-.aseal has been introduced and drawn down i intathe cavity to` arrange its upper end below/fthe plane of theguard -shonldenit cannotlbe removed.` This guard-shoulder is `preferablyl undercut or inclined upwardly toward the rear :wallof the cavity or-main seal-seat, Ywhile the front wall of the cavity is inclined downwardlyand rearwardly to cause the Lipper. end-offthe lseal to-swing rearwardlyunder the guardshoulder when said. upper end reachesa poi-nt below the plane of the guard-shoulder. The seal-seat extension which -is formedin-ithe enlargement 16 ofthe fixed member of the lock registers with the channel formedfin-the f front wall of the mainv seal-.seat to facilitate Y i to the-above construction l-alsofpreferably provide the body portion of the vmovable member with a dependingguard-ear 25,'which when the said movable member is in-itsnor Amal or operative` position bears against the side of the enlargement l(i,-andA thereby prevents the introduction cfa-tool calculatedto guide the upper end of thesealin anyfattempt to push the seal vupwardly and thereby remove it 'from theseat.

VThe seal may be constructed of paper or cardboard, tin, or any equivalent material having flexibility suicient to allow it to bend as it is introduced through the tortuous or irregular inlet-passage leading to the main :seal-seat and yet sufficient resilence to cause it to resume an approximately straight shape after the upper end thereof has passed beyon'd""the guard-shoulder, whereby a subsequent attempt to back the seal through the vsame passage is prevented by the contact of its upper extremity with the guard-shoulder.

' Vario-us changes in the form, proportion,

' and the minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of` this invention.

vHav,ing.described my invention, what I clai meis- ;l. .In :a seallock,the combination of a fixed member provided with a stop-carat oneside offa'hasp-seat .and witha seal-socket below v.the lhasps'eat, land. a swinging member also provided .witha seal-socket and pivoted to Vthe .tixedmember for adjustment thereon to vbring the two seal-sockets into vertical registration,-said 4swinging member engaging rwith.'the-stop-.ear of` the fixed Amember and Yheld-thereby against 4lateral outward pressure, substantiallyas described'.4

.2. v-A-lock,havingaiixed member provided with-1a -h-asp-seaty and-a contiguous stop-ear provided in one edge/with a notch, and a vmovable member pivotally mounted vupon theixed member to swing over the hasp-seat and limited in .its .movement bysaid stop-ear, Isa-id movable member being provided with a lateral'lug to engage the notch of the stopear,-substantiallyas' `speciiied.

' 3. `IA` lo'ckhaving a fixedy member provided vwithfa -fhasp-.seau and a movable .member :pivotallly/.mounted .upon the ixed member, saididmovablemember being provided with a cavity-forming za 4seal-seat, .and the fixed `member.beingv provided with a-seal-seat extension with `rwhichthe cavity of the. movable `member registers whenV the latter is in its -normal. positionfand vsaid movable i member being further provided with a guard-ear to Vprevent access to the seal-seat-.and exten- -sion, substantially as specified.

4. A seal-lock vcomprising a fixed member ihaving a vertical seal-socket, `and y a movable fmemberarranged to overlap the seal-socket in the fixed member and provided with a vertical-seal-soeketopen at its top and bottom, VV-saidmovable member also havingan odset `extendingacross and within said seal-'socket .topart-ly close the upper end .thereof and lying inthe pathof aseal inserted in the socket, wherebya seal-.may be inserted endwise from ICO Ithe top ofrtheilock and the offset therein reseal-seat extension in the iixed member, when the movable member is in its normal position, the main seal-seat being accessible at the end opposite to said seal-seat extension through an inlet-passage of tortuous or irregular construction, substantially as speciied.

6. A lock having a ixed member provided with a seal-seat extension, and a movable member pivotally mounted upon the iixed member and having a cavity forming a main seal-seat adapted to register with said sealseat extension when the movable member is in its normal position, the main seal-seat being accessible at the end opposite to said sealseat extension for the introduction of a seal, and having an interior guard-shoulder extending across the inlet-opening to prevent the movement of the seal in a reverse direction through the inlet-opening, substantially as specified. g

7. A lock having a fixed member provided with a shoulder-cord to form a seal-seat extension, and a movable member having a cavity open at one end for closure by said shoulder of the ixed member when the movable member is in its normal position, and also having an opposite opening for the introduction of a seal, and a guard-shoulder in the cavity of the movable member to cover said in let-opening, said movable member arranged to be shifted in a path across the plane of the alined seal-seats of the tWo members, substantially as specied.

8. A lock having a fixed member provided with a shoulder Which is cored to form a sealseat extension, and a movable member pivotally mounted upon lthe ixed member and provided with a cavity open at one end for closure by said shoulder of the fixed member, and having at the opposite end an inlet-opening, of less depth than the cavity and located contiguous to one Wall thereof, and a guardshoulder located Within the cavity and projecting from said wall contiguous to which the inlet-opening is formed to cover the inletopening, substantially as specified.

9. A lock having a fixed member provided with a shoulder cored to form a seal-seat extension, and a movable member pivotally mounted upon the iixed member and provided with a cavity open at one end to register with said seal-seat extension, the cavity being of greater width than the seal-seat extension and being provided at the opposite end from said shoulder of the fixed member with an inletslit and a contiguous guard-shoulder, in combination with a seal adapted to be introduced through said inlet-slit, and having a tongue or shank adapted to extend through said sealseat extension, and a head of greater Width than the tongue or shank to occupy the cavity of the movable member, substantially as speciiied.

l0. A lock having a fixed member provided with a shoulder cored to form a seal-seat extension, and a movable member provided with a cavity forming a main seal-seat adapted to be closed at one end by the shoulder of the fixed member when the movable member is in its normal position, said main seal-seat being provided at the opposite end with an inletslit and a contiguous guard-shoulder,and having its Wall-opposite to said guard-shoulder inclined inwardly and provided With a channel to register with the seal-seat extension, substantially as specified.

l1. A lock having a fixed member provided with a shoulder cored to form a seal-seat ex-I tension, and a movable member pivotally mounted upon the fixed member and provided with a cavity forming a main seal-seat of greater Width than the seallseat extension, said cavity being open at one end for closure by the shoulder of the fixed member when the movablemember is in its normal position, and being provided at the opposite end with an inlet-slit and a contiguous guard-shoulder, and being also provided in the Wall opposite to said guard-shoulder with a channel registering With the seal-seat extension, in combination with a seal adapted to be introduced through said inlet-slit and having a tongue or shank adapted to be guided by said channel into engagement with the seal-seat extension, and also having a head of greater width than the tongue or shank to occupy the main sealseat, substantially as specified.

12. A lock having a Iixed memberprovided With a shoulder cored to form a seal-seat extension disposed longitudinally of the member, and a movable member pivotally mounted upon the lixed member and provided with a longitudinal cavity forming a main sealseat for registration with said seal-seat extension, and open at the end remote from the pivot for closure by said shoulder of the fixed member, said cavity being provided in one wall With a channel of reduced width registering with the seal-seat extension, and heing reduced in depth as it recedes therefrom, and said cavity being provided at itsextremity contiguous to the pivotal point of the movable member with an inlet-slit, equal in width with the cavity and arranged contiguous to the Wall opposite to that in which said channel is formed, and being, furthermore, provided With an undercut guard-shoulder projecting towardthe Wall in which the channel is formed, in combination with aseal having a reduced tongue or shank adapted to lie in said channel and engage the seal-seat extension, and also provided with a head adapted to occupy the main seal-seat and lie under said guard-shoulder to prevent removal of the seal through said inlet-slit, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE W. LEWIS.

Witnesses:

ELLA J. CAssELL, ,Rosanna C. MARTIN,

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